Bill Grace is an engineer, sustainability consultant, advocate and researcher and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia’s Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC). Bill’s consultancy work relates to all aspects of urban sustainability including the provision of advice to urban planners and developers on green building, renewable energy, climate change, environmental impact, alternative water and wastewater recycling, smart city technology and their interfaces with policy and conventional infrastructure and technology.

Bill’s research interests involve the application of systems analysis to sustainability strategy at the global, national and local level. He has researched and presented in Australia and internationally on sustainability and resilience with a particular focus on the role of complex system dynamics simulation. He has published several model-based articles on the transition to renewable energy in Western Australia's electricity network.

Experience

  • –present
    Adjunct Professor, University of Western Australia

Education

  • 2014 
    Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Master of Science
  • 1978 
    University of Western Australia, Bachelor of Engineering

Contact Bill for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision